Andre Agassi vs Andy Roddick THRILLER: Cincinnati 2004 Semi-Final | Highlights

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[@aca8638]

1 slam 5 masters 1000, 5 atp 500, and 21 titles at 250! Itsa heck of a career, Andy prime was short but he's amazing player!

[@rm1507]

I wouldn't say his prime was short, he basically didn't leave the top 10 from 2002 to 2011.

[@mpa1931]

Unfortunately for him a dominant Federer had to coincide with his career, otherwise he'd have more.

[@franbatista9062]

It wasn’t short dude. He just played same era as ferret Federer and Nadal. He reached world number 1, went handful grand slam finals. Him, Hewitt and Nalbandian would had been multiple grand slam title winners if didn’t face those two aliens

[@synhet84]

@@franbatista9062 Roddick made a shit ton of finals facing fedal.

[@cscummingsiv]

@@synhet84 Yep.. Andy is a legend.. he kept it a lot closer than the large majority of players did. Plus, being a fixture in the top 10 during such a competitive era is really impressive.

[@OmerAbdulahChowdhary]

Agassi had such a control over his backhand shots, easily changed direction and length of the shots with his backhand. Played his opponent often at baseline.

[@kevinmurtagh4996]

It’s really incredible how great Agassi was in Summer 2004, despite his age. Won Cinci, beating Roddick and Hewitt back to back. Then took Federer to 5 sets in USO QF. He seriously could have won USO that year had Federer not been nearly unbeatable at 3 of the 4 majors at that time.

[@alugificator]

Despite his age and his deteriorating physical condition. Dude had serious chronic back issues towards the end of his career.

[@seventhpeasant]

hell he might have won that year anyway if only his match with Federer hadn't been delayed by rain

[@seanbinder8316]

If all slams were held in a desert or hot conditions Agassi would be amongst the best ever.

[@blameitonben]

Crazy windy that final day at the US open too.

[@noddy1414]

Agassi's ballstriking was so PURE, beautiful groundstrokes :), he also took prime Federer to 5 sets in 2004 USO QF

[@cjvrsa]

Just imagine how Agassi would perform, had he played tennis today. What a treat it would be to see that.

[@misacastillo282]

Que nivel y control de Agassi. Unos de los jugadores con el golpe mas limpio de la historia. 🤩 Nostalgia a tope.

[@unathleticremi]

This camera angle is so much better than what we usually get today.

[@buddhistandthemoney1]

Just always prefect strategy and shot selection from Aggasi.

[@Baratheon.]

Agassi had the cleanest ground strokes of any player. I often wonder what the outcome of Agassi v Djokovic would be. Maybe no-one else could beat him down for consistency on the baseline and work the point

[@Mark-ut5oq]

Agassi would lose more often than not. But he would win some too. People who come up with these hypotheticals always act so extreme. If Djoko never played Alcatraz (let’s say he retired in 2021), there would definitely be all these people saying “Alcatraz would get destroyed by Djokovic” or the opposite. These are just social media fans..in reality the truth is in between. I would say a guy like Agassi, in the same era as Djokovic, would probably have a slightly better record than Murray against him. If they played 40 times I suspect the H2H would be like 26-14 for Novak. But again, there’s no way to know and there’s a million variables that can never be accounted for. However Agassi himself was Novak’s coach and said “the highest level tennis I’ve ever seen is when Novak is playing his best tennis.” If they played each other, I’m sure they’d produce some great matches.

[@Riftinducer]

Fun hypothetical there. I'd still give it to Djokovic since he's really not got any weak point in his game, every shot he has is at least an A- level, while Agassi at net wasn't that great. But seeing the 2 best returners of all time playing each other would be interesting, turns the service games into some serious mind games.

[@Masterdoctorgenius14]

​@@RiftinducerNoles smashes are D-

[@Riftinducer]

@@Masterdoctorgenius14 of course, I forgot about the legendary Djokosmash 🤣

[@Aces2020]

​@Mark-ut5oq the man finished 870-274 6th best all time, what are you talking about?

[@chadgross581]

Did we ever learn why Roddick fired Gilbert? That always seemed like a mistake to me.

[@ok1989fish]

Insane quality!!

[@realbillymiller1011]

The drop shot hadnt been invented in 2004 😂

[@ranrabi9381]

Not running around your backhand 😂

[@bubufubu]

Huh? Is this a meme?

[@ZAY109]

Good thing as dropshot is a cheap way of ending the point.

[@puul6303]

@@ZAY109 lol worst tennis comment ever said

[@synhet84]

8:27 love the interaction lol

[@stevel.2759]

Roddick had a great forehand at this time which could have been the difference in '09 Wimbledon. He switched to loopy topspin to stay in the top 10 for 10 years. Hard to stop 5 years of habits during Wimbledon final.

[@dazza9129]

Agassi's Backhand looks effortless

[@michelemonfasani9724]

It was effortless

[@mashizzung9990]

I really liked Roddick's forehand during this time 😢

[@grimson]

Yep, before he went topspin crazy and loopy for more control. Worst thing he ever did!

[@TaiAkinz]

​@@grimsoni believe he changed his forehand technique due to injury, not tactics

[@c3vzn]

Always liked Agassi’s forehand. No big loop such a simple swing.

[@tomwaddle8125]

Who had better form on the groundies than Agassi. Maybe Joker, but maybe not. Such pure shots.

[@jdfagen]

Two Great American players of all time. Two Greater personalties!

[@osviiii]

Agassi playing on top of the base line is just a beauty. He lacked the variety that top 10 players nowadays have perhaps, but still from the baseline my favourte olayer hitting the ball early

[@rm1507]

@@osviiii Which variety do you see in Rublev, Fritz & co lmao ?

[@osviiii]

@@rm1507 those are temporary top 10, I mean consolidated ones such as Zverev, Thiem, Big 3, Murray, (when he competed) and the ones that came after Agassi.

[@rm1507]

@@osviiii Agassi has more variety than Zverev

[@masters.1000]

@@osviiii Neither of them except for the Big 3 had more variety of shots than him. Maybe not even Novak.

[@osviiii]

@@masters.1000 cannot disagree more. If you see their game, there are way more approaches to the net & dropshots than in Agassi's game. I think he did not need that variety due to the type of player he came up playing against (Sampras, Edberge, Becker...) all serve volley players, so being accurate from the baseline was a bigger gain for him

[@lol6359]

We can clearly see the difference in qualty from Agassi's backhand to Andy's. Much superior, Novak is the one more similar to Agassi in quality two-handed backhand.

[@Mark-ut5oq]

Andy had a pretty bad backhand.

[@Luchon20082010]

Probably one of best Agassis matches of all time: JUST UNBELIEVABLE!!!! INSANELY GOD RETURNS😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@matthewgeorgeharrison]

Andy Roddick is my favorite double handed back hand in history

[@Blackfloydian]

Great upload, amazing match, had no idea.

[@davebudge4526]

I'd say 2004 was the last year Roddick hit his forehand really hard consistently, years later and I mean years, in 2024, Andy was discussing Dominic Thiem's wrist injury that was career ending and he said he could understand Theinm's mindset because he once could really hit his own forehand super hard then a shoulder injury happened and he had to dance around with a little spinny McDo (his words) forehand instead of his main weapon that he had in his late teens and early 20s all that plus the emergence of the Big Three and their 66 Slams and counting tally, that was some tough waters to swim in.

[@premfutboltalk6950]

I'll never understand why roddick starting slicing his backhand all the time later in his career. His twoie was not that bad!

[@SaadKhan-pm1tm]

Andy Roddick had a lot of pressure to carry on the torch from Agassi + Sampras. But Federer rising fast around the same time dominated the slams, stopping Roddick from adding to his single slam title - US Open 2023.

[@plush1993]

Really wanna see Roddick Federer Shanghai 2006 highlights

[@rafaelgarcia2068]

Man those were the days

[@meetommy3485]

I still remember the ace number of this match, 19 vs 31 (ag vs andy)

[@En5an3]

so PURE

[@michelemonfasani9724]

Legends.

[@michaelmilano2684]

The fact that I’m older than Agassi was in this video is absolutely insane lol

[@hdjdhjdfdtf]

Who’s here because they tried to find Agassi Tommy Paul doubles match yesterday but couldn’t

[@Gitfiddle]

Andy was the second best player in the world for a long time. Terrible luck he played in the time of all time greats.

[@nathanroman6566]

Geez the level was high here

[@carlosandresibaneztoledo8930]

Agassi is wonderful player!!!

[@user-gx5kk2ik8m]

Agassi so great

[@Zzzzzzzz184]

Not the GOAT but definitly not average. Before the big 3 came into scene that was not just average tennis

[@ivanandreevich8568]

Easily top 10 level on a fast court today, both of them.

[@joeylarrson]

Why does every KZbin comment section devolve into a debate?

[@tr1ckster726]

Roddick woulda been a multiple time grand slam winner had he not ran into a little buzzsaw known as Roger Federer 😮

[@mohamedhazem1136]

Only 1 drop shot!!

[@sebastianolmos227]

Could Agassi be able to beat Djokovic?

[@TheJstaples]

I think so and i also think agassi would have done fine against this current generation of players. He can play power baseline tennis with the best of them

[@MrFoofarew]

Definitely

[@MrFoofarew]

@@TheJstaples i agree, i don't necessarily think that Agassi would win in the overall head to head against Djokovic but he would 100% possess the ability to beat him on any given day.

[@Mark-ut5oq]

@@MrFoofarewDjokovic has a positive h2h against Nadal, Federer, Murray, Wawrinka, and Alcatraz. In fact against any player he’s played over 10 matches he has a positive h2h. This doesn’t occur by fluke or circumstance alone in a career with over 1300 matches. You’re right that Agassi could beat him, but he’s definitely not winning the h2h or even coming close.

[@MrFoofarew]

@@Mark-ut5oq yeah Djokovic is the greatest by a tiny margin, in those crucial moments, he will come out on top in most cases. The guy just wants it more than anyone else.

[@antonitobendrito2243]

Why was Roddick so slow?

[@marmilos345]

Roddick the GOAT

[@darshang1262]

And he lost to agassi

[@sirrogerisme]

Says no one ever

[@marmilos345]

@@sirrogerisme True

[@Aces2020]

@@marmilos345 insanity!

[@marmilos345]

@@Aces2020 True

[@Stan-B]

As compared to nowadays tennis it looks to me they hit flatter and the speed of the ball is lower.

[@allainangcao28]

These were the early days of top spin being the main weapon for most baseliners. Most players still used a traditional Eastern grip, whereas some moved to the Semi-Western. Nowadays, spin is the main tool players use with most of the men and women's tours using a full Western grip, and more spin allows them to him the ball much harder as it will still land in court because of the high spin. In these days, with the shots more flat, they couldn't risk hitting the ball as hard because there wouldn't be enough spin to pull the ball back to the court.

[@c3vzn]

Agassi crushes the ball, you can even see it now when he practices. I don’t think his ground stroke speed would be out of place in today’s game. Probably just lower RPMs.

[@Mark-ut5oq]

@@c3vznyup. In fact flatter might be more powerful

[@TimelyAdventure]

@@c3vzn Agassi's timing is just unreal

[@darshang1262]

Roddick was an average player

[@sirrogerisme]

Exactly

[@SHVideografie]

Roger would agree, Novak wouldn't.

[@gus4281]

@darshang1262 are you that dumb in real life or only when talking about tennis?

[@grimson]

Absurd statement. Let’s be clear, top 5 Players are NEVER average. Look up what the word means! Look how many players are on tour! You can’t be top 5 and ‘average’ when there are hundreds of ranked players😂

[@sirrogerisme]

@@grimson He wasn’t top 5. Just stop

[@unathleticremi]

This camera angle is so much better than what we usually get today.